I have always hoped he would and have always thought he could. Its not just him winning tokyo thats made me believe he can, ever since he came and broke out in 2008 i thought that if he could stay healthy for a long enough period of time he could win one. Federer and nadal wont be around forever nor will murray and djokovic. Look at the guys coming up behind the big 4 and you'd have to give kei a serious shot at at least one.

I dont understand why everyone thinks its such a long shot. I mean, everyone is looking for the next slam winners once the big 4 leave but every time a name or a contender is brought up on this forum they are shot down. Someone has to win these slams opnce the big 4 leave the game and kei will hopefully be around to take advantage

The timing of the thread makes it seem bandwagony but the fact is the potential is there for kei.

you can argue that kei can lose to anyone on a bad or average day but really outside the top 4 that can be said about literally every other player so thats not a fair argument to make against kei specifically

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Favourite tennis matches: 2011 US Open Final & 2012 Australian Open Final, starring Novak Djokovic & Rafael Nadal, showing us just how far science can take humanity.

The US Open Final was especially enjoyable, with 'Why are there white spots all over my body?' Djokovic and 'Why am I sweating boils?' Nadal embarked on a titanic battle, concluding with the inferior player, Nadal, entering a sort of delirious state of psychosis. This allowed him to, while showing very little fatigue, consume inhuman amounts of energy, before he literally ran his legs from underneath him. This is truly the stuff dreams are made of.

Ernests is going to win Hamburg and prove his doubters including myself wrong. He is a talented player, who is often let down by his bad temper/focus, but I feel the stars will align here and he will win Hamburg.